{"id":307972,"date":"2024-08-21T20:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=307972"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:25:57","slug":"west-bengal-government-guideline-after-kolkatas-r-g-kar-hospital-tragic-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/west-bengal-government-guideline-after-kolkatas-r-g-kar-hospital-tragic-event\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal government guideline after Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital Tragic Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post West Bengal government guideline after Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital Tragic Event has been created, based on the article \u201cRegressive move: Reducing work hours of women is not the way to ensure their safety<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu<\/strong>\u201d on 21st August 2024<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 2- Governance-mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The article criticizes a West Bengal government guideline that suggests minimizing night duty for women after a brutal incident at a Kolkata hospital. It argues that such measures are regressive, limiting women’s work opportunities instead of ensuring workplace safety.<\/p>\n

For detailed information on Women Safety in India <\/strong>read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n

What Are the West Bengal government guidelines after Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital Tragic Event?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Minimize night duties for women where possible, aiming to enhance their safety.<\/li>\n
  2. Implement the ‘Rattirer Shaathi’<\/strong> program, which includes:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    a) Creating safe zones with CCTV surveillance.<\/p>\n

    b) Providing separate restrooms and toilets for women.<\/p>\n

    c) Introducing a special mobile phone app for safety.<\/p>\n

    What Are the Concerns About This Approach?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Reducing night duty for women could lead to their exclusion from the workforce, which is already low. The labour force participation rate for urban women in India is just 25.2% (April-June 2024, Periodic Labour Force Survey).<\/li>\n
    2. Limiting work hours might cause women to lose jobs and financial independence, exacerbating gender inequality.<\/li>\n
    3. The proposed measures, such as creating safe zones and separate restrooms, should have been implemented earlier rather than restricting women’s work opportunities after a tragic incident.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What Is the Supreme Court\u2019s Involvement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. The Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the Kolkata case involving the murder of a woman doctor.<\/li>\n
      2. A national task force was announced by the court to examine the safety of doctors and medical professionals.<\/li>\n
      3. This action underscores the court’s commitment to addressing gender violence in professional sectors.<\/li>\n
      4. The involvement of the Supreme Court follows a pattern of judicial responses to high-profile cases of violence against women, reminiscent of the actions taken after the 2012 Delhi rape incident.<\/li>\n
      5. The court’s action indicates a proactive stance in ensuring workplace safety, particularly for vulnerable groups like women in high-risk professions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        What Should be Done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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        1. Beyond implementing harsher laws, there is a need for societal change.<\/li>\n
        2. Justice R. Banumathi emphasized in 2017 that changing societal mindsets and raising awareness about gender justice are crucial to reducing violence against women.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          For detailed information on Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment Act (POSH Act)<\/strong> read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n

          Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Discuss the potential impact of the West Bengal government’s guidelines, introduced after the tragic incident at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital, on women’s workforce participation and gender equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Source: The post West Bengal government guideline after Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital Tragic Event has been created, based on the article \u201cRegressive move: Reducing work hours of women is not the way to ensure their safety\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 21st August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Governance-mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies… Continue reading West Bengal government guideline after Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital Tragic Event<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[300,212,10498],"class_list":["post-307972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}